STONE MINT '70s FIRST PRINT UK ONLY "ODDITIES" KEVIN AYERS - PROG Soft Machine

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                             ORIGINAL UK 1976 FIRST PRESS          MINT MINT MINT MINT MINT MINT MINT MINT
                              ..                 ~ Kevin Ayers ~
                      ODDITIES

                                                       UK - HARVEST RECORDS - SHSM 200-5


STONE MINT - FINAL COLLECTION COPY

Original first press, released in February of 1976 and remains a perfect -mint- top copy! will be hard to find a better copy - anywhere!   and.

14 tracks from 1969 to 1973 were compiled and released on the UK Harvest Heritage label. Those (below) marked ** were unreleased up until 'Odd Ditties' and recording dates are included in brackets. The other tracks had ONLY appeared on single A and B side 45's previously - so, the LP is filled with tracks that were not available on any other LP.

ODD DITTIES was not a regular KEVIN AYERS album, rather HARVEST Records U.K. had the tracks in their vaults and put together a nice rarities album  with a selection of non LP singles, unreleased tracks, different outakes from original songs and.....odd ditties. That was a treat for all KEVIN AYERS fans to discover all these rarities and hopefully hidden treasures....
There are anyway great moments to be found on ODD DITTIES. For instance, GEMINI CHILD is one of those typical AYERS gem which could have been included on JOY OF A TOY: beautiful sweet melody with beautiful arrangements from DAVID BEDFORD. The classic "MAY I" from SHOOTING AT THE MOON comes in a different version, this time all sung in French. We know the love for all what is French for KEVIN AYERS, but the way he sings in the language of Moliere is very exquisite and a pleasure to listen to.
JOLIE MADAME is another french-sung pearl, only Kevin can come up with, one of those sweet ballad sure to warm you up!  Another big pleasure is a re-worked version of the famous exquisite LADY RACHEL, as good as the original and worth the purchase of this rarities album - alone! The beginning of BUTTERFLY DANCE is a different version of the great THERE IS A LOVING from WHATEVERSHEBRINGSWESING,
Line-up / Musicians:

All tracks written by Kevin Ayers.

Musicians include David Bedford (1, 3-9); 
the Ladybirds (1,5,6,8,9);
David Sinclair,
Richard Sinclair & Richard Coughlan (ex Caravan 2);
Lol Coxhill (3-5);
Mike Oldfield (3-6, 8);
Mick Fincher (3-5);
Dave Dufort (6,8);
Tony Carr (7);
Bridget St. John (8);
Archie Legget (11-13);
Eddie Sparrow (11-14);
Duncan Brown (11);
Doris Troy, Liza Strike, Barry St. John (12);
Keith Bachelor, Harry Smith, Roy Smith-Field (14).
1. Soon, Soon, Soon (9/69)** 2. Singing A Song In The Morning
3. Gemini Child (6/70)**
4. Puis-je?
5. Butterfly Dance
6. Stars
7. Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes
8. Jolie Madame (11/70)**
9. Lady Rachel (2/72)**
10. Connie On A Rubber Band
11. Fake Mexican Tourist Blues (9/72)**
12. Don't Sing No More Sad Songs (9/72)**
13. Take Me To Tahiti
14. Caribbean Moon. ....

                 CONDITION: The cover: rated: MINT, the fragile UK cover is over 40 yearsof  age and remains as a top artifact collectible ... perfect!  There are no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing  ... 4 sharp corners...

The vinyl: Rated: MINT looks perfect will play beautiful ... both UK Harvest labels are clean      
      A cool addition to anyone's music library!






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